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MATTHEW 24:37 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 24:36Matt 24:38
“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. The Noah analogy: the coming of the Son of Man will be like the days of Noah — life proceeding normally, no recognition of the coming judgment, until the flood came. The analogy communicates the characteristic of the end: the ordinariness of the period immediately preceding the extraordinary event.

Church Fathers on Matthew 24:37

The Lord having described all the tokens that shall precede His coming, and brought His discourse to the very doors, yet would not name the day; 'Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the Angels Of heaven, but my Father only.'

Chrysostom · 4th century

In some Latin copies is added here, 'neither the Son:' but in the Greek copies, and particularly those of Adamantius and Pierius, it is not found. [ed. note: The addition is found in a very few Greek MSS., and ancient versions, in Chrys . and Theophylact. It is in the Old Italic version, and is acknowledged by Hilary , Ambrose , and Pseudo-Chrys .; but the preponderance of evidence is greatly against it, and it is not admitted into the text of the G. T. by any editors. It…

Jerome · 4th century

And has indeed God the Father denied the knowledge of that day to the Son, when He has declared, 'All things are committed to me of my Father?' [Luke 10:22] but if any thing has been denied, all things are not committed to Him.

Hilary of Poitiers · 4th century
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